“…Germination, either alone or in combina- tion with heat-treatment, overcomes some disadvantages such as flavor, odor and trypsin inhibitors (Suberbie, Mendizábal, & Mendizábal, 1981), increases protein content and removes the non-digestible oligosaccharides and antinutritive factors (Dagnia, Petterson, Bell, & Flanagan, 1992). Hydrothermal cooking before water extraction improves foaming and emulsifying properties (Wang & Johnson, 2001) and thermal treatments of the grain (extrusion, microwave) cause changes of chemical composition and nutritive quality (Zilic, Bozovic, Savic, MladenovicDrinic, & Bekric, 2002) affecting the techno-functional properties (Lampart-Szczapa et al, 2006). Soaking seeds in water or in sodium salts (bicarbonate, chloride) solutions or treatment with carbohydrases reduces the amount of oligosaccharides (El-Adawy, Rahma, El-Bedawey, & Sobihah, 2000; Wanasundara & Shahidi, 1997), and improves the functional properties of proteins (El-Adawy et al, 2000;Inyang & Ekanem, 1996).…”